Videos from Libya: Gunshots and Fireworks

On Sunday night in Libya, the sounds of explosions carried a different meaning than they have for the past six months of fighting, as people in Tripoli set off fireworks and fired machine guns into the air to celebrate the rebels’ advance on the city.

The night was loud. Drivers leaned on their horns as they entered the capital.

“Everyone wants to shout and shoot a gun,” yelled Alex Crawford on Sky News, struggling to be heard over the sounds of celebration in Tripoli’s Green Square, which the rebels have renamed Martyr Square.

The courts may not be as kind to the Qaddafi sons. The International Criminal Court said that it had Seif al-Islam, who is wanted for crimes against humanity, in custody on Monday, then recanted on Tuesday, acknowledging that the arrest had never been confirmed. “The hell with the I.C.C.,” Seif said to reporters on Tuesday morning, in an interview in which he also said, defiantly, that “things are fine in Libya.”